Exploring emotional face processing in 5 ‐month‐olds: The relation with quality of parent–child interaction and spatial frequencies
AbstractIt is unclear whether infants differentially process emotional faces in the brain at 5 months of age. Contradictory findings of previous research indicate that additional factors play a role in this process. The current study investigated whether five-month-old infants show differential brain activity between emotional faces. Furthermore, we explored the relation between emotional f ace processing and (I) stimulus characteristics, specifically the spatial frequency content, and (II) parent, child, and dyadic qualities of interaction characteristics. Face-sensitive components (i.e., N290, P400, Nc) in response to ...
Source: Infancy - July 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Carlijn Boomen,
Nicolette M. Munsters,
Maja Dekovi ć,
Chantal Kemner Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Emerging coherence and relations to communication among executive function tasks in toddlers: Evidence from a Latin American sample
AbstractRecent work within early executive function (EF) seems to suggest that toddlers show distinct patterns of development, involving poorly correlated performance across EF tasks and significant improvements over relatively short periods of time. The present study sought to extend these findings by investigating evidence for these patterns in toddlers and the existence of more traditional patterns of EF (e.g., correlations between tasks, links to language) when using the same tasks in a novel Latin American sample. Eighty toddlers (18 –24 months) and sixty young preschoolers (30–36) months completed a battery of E...
Source: Infancy - July 8, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Lucas G. Gago Galvagno,
Stephanie E. Miller,
Carolina De Grandis,
Angel M. Elgier Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Experienced crawlers avoid real and water drop ‐offs, even when they are walking
AbstractCrawling experience was recently linked to crawling and walking infants ’ avoidance of falling on real and water cliffs, whereas walking experience had no effect on walkers’ avoidance behavior (Burnay et al., 2021). In the current study, the behavior of 25 infants was analyzed on the Real Cliff/Water Cliff apparatus using a longitudinal study design. Infants were te sted as experienced crawlers (Mcrawling = 2.93 months,SD = 1.07), novice walkers (Mwalking = 0.68 months,SD = 0.29), and experienced walkers (Mwalking = 4.90 months,SD = 0.92). Infants avoided falling on both cliffs when tested as experienced ...
Source: Infancy - July 8, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Carolina Burnay,
Rita Cordovil,
Chris Button,
James L. Croft,
David I. Anderson Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
A parent gesture intervention as a means to increase parent declarative pointing and child vocabulary
This study examined whether a brief parent gesture training resulted in a change in the communicative intent of pointing gestures used by parents of infants from age 10 –12 months and whether specific types of points (declarative vs. imperative) were more or less likely to predict later child language skill at 18 months. Compared to parents who were randomized to the control group, parents in the intervention group produced significantly more declarative pointi ng gestures as a result of the intervention. Moreover, parents’ use of declarative points at 12 months was predictive of later child vocabulary comprehension...
Source: Infancy - June 30, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Boin Choi,
Meredith L. Rowe Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
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Source: Infancy - June 23, 2021 Category: Child Development Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Development and validation of the Mindful Parenting in Infancy Scale (MPIS)
AbstractAlthough mindfulness in parenting has been recognized as important for some time, there is a dearth of measurement tools, especially for caregivers of infants. Two studies were conducted: (1) developing and providing an initial psychometric evaluation of the Mindful Parenting in Infancy Scale (MPIS) and (2) reproducing initial findings with an independent sample of infants and caregivers. In Study 1, 37 caregivers of infants (3 –12 months of age) responded to MPIS, providing indicators of parenting stress and infant temperament. Study 2 caregivers (N = 57) responded to identical measures, with infant electroen...
Source: Infancy - June 16, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Maria A. Gartstein Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Emotion regulation from infancy to toddlerhood: Individual and group trajectories of full ‐term and very‐low‐birthweight preterm infants
AbstractAdaptive emotion regulation begins with infants operating jointly with their parents to regulate their emotions, which fosters the development of independent regulation. Little is known about when or how this transition occurs, or the impact of factors such as parental availability or premature birth status. The current study examined the use of self-soothing, attentional distraction, and dyadic regulation in full-term and healthy very-low-birthweight (VLBW) preterm infant-mother dyads at 5 ½, 12, and 18 months of age. At 5 ½ months, dyads participated in the Still-Face procedure. At 12 and 18 months, dyads par...
Source: Infancy - June 14, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Nicole H. Atkinson,
Am élie D. L. Jean,
Dale M. Stack Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Pretending emotions in the early years: The role of language and symbolic play
AbstractAlthough 3-year-old children sometimes simulate emotions to adapt to social norms, we do not know if even younger children can pretend emotions in playful contexts. The present study investigated (1) what emotions infants of 1 –2 years old are capable of pretending and (2) the possible role of language and symbolic play in the ability to pretend emotions. The sample included 69 infants aged 18 to 31 months and their parents. Infants were administrated the Test of Pretend Play, and their parents responded to the MacArt hur-Bates CDI-II inventory, part of the MacArthur-Bates CDI-I, and a questionnaire about the e...
Source: Infancy - June 13, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Francesc Sidera,
Angeline S. Lillard,
Anna Amad ó,
Beatriz Caparrós,
Carles Rostan,
Elisabet Serrat Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Longitudinal transactional relations among young children ’s defiance and committed compliance and maternal assertive control
We examined 256 mother–child dyads to explore developmental transactional relations between maternal assertive control, children's committed compliance, and children's defiance at 18 (T1), 30 (T2), and 42 (T3) months of age. After controlling for maternal gentle control, SES, and child sex, results showed paren t effects for children's committed compliance, such that T1 maternal assertive control negatively predicted T3 committed compliance. Furthermore, toddlers’ behavior predicted T3 parenting; that is, toddlers’ T1 defiance positively predicted T3 maternal assertive control. Results of the present s tudy indicat...
Source: Infancy - June 13, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Xiaoye Xu,
Tracy L. Spinrad,
Nancy Eisenberg,
Natalie D. Eggum ‐Wilkens Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Twelve ‐month‐old infants’ physiological responses to music are affected by others’ positive and negative reactions
AbstractInfants show remarkable skills for processing music in the first year of life. Such skills are believed to foster social and communicative development, yet little is known about how infants ’ own preferences for music develop and whether social information plays a role. Here, we investigate whether the reactions of another person influence infants’ responses to music. Specifically, 12-month-olds (N = 33) saw an actor react positively or negatively after listening to clips of instrumental music. Arousal (measured via pupil dilation) and attention (measured via looking time) were assessed when infants later hea...
Source: Infancy - June 13, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Christine Fawcett,
Gunter Kreutz Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Specifying links between infants' theory of mind, associative learning, and selective trust
AbstractThe psychological mechanisms underlying infants' selective social learning are currently a subject of controversy. The main goal of the present study was to contribute data to this debate by investigating whether domain-specific or domain-general abilities guide infants' selectivity. Eighteen-month-olds observed a reliable and an unreliable speaker, and then completed a forced-choice word learning paradigm, two theory of mind tasks, and an associative learning task. Results revealed that infants showed sensitivity to the verbal competence of the speaker. Additionally, infants with superior knowledge inference abili...
Source: Infancy - May 27, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Cristina Crivello,
Shawna Grossman,
Diane Poulin ‐Dubois Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Infants' identification of gender in biological motion displays
AbstractInfants' knowledge of social categories, including gender-typed characteristics, is a vital aspect of social cognitive development. In the current study, we examined 9- to 12-month-old infants' understanding of the categories “male” and “female” by testing for gender matching in voices or faces with biological motion depicted in point light displays (PLDs). Infants did not show voice–PLD gender matching spontaneously (Experiment 1) or after “training” with gender-matching voice–PLD pairs (Experiment 2). I n Experiment 3, however, infants were trained with gender-matching face–PLD pairs and we foun...
Source: Infancy - May 27, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Scott P. Johnson,
Mingfei Dong,
Marissa Ogren,
Damla Senturk Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Language familiarity influences own ‐race face recognition in 9‐ and 12‐month‐old infants
This study shows that at least fr om 9 months of age, language modulates the way faces are recognized. (Source: Infancy)
Source: Infancy - May 14, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Anne Hillairet de Boisferon,
Claudia Kubicek,
Judit Gervain,
Gudrun Schwarzer,
H élène Loevenbruck,
Anne Vilain,
Mathilde Fort,
David Méary,
Olivier Pascalis Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The early development of tempo adjustment and synchronization during joint drumming: A study of 18 ‐ to 42‐month‐old children
AbstractHumans have a unique ability to coordinate their rhythmic behaviors with those of others. Previous studies have demonstrated the early development of spontaneous responses to external rhythmic stimuli; however, there is little evidence regarding when and how infants begin to adjust their movement tempo and synchronize it with that of others, due to the difficulty of detecting continuous rhythmic movements of infants in a laboratory setting. In the current study, we analyzed children in age ‐groups of 18, 30, and 42 months and adapted a joint‐drumming task used by Kirschner and Tomasello (Journal of Experimenta...
Source: Infancy - May 3, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Lira Yu,
Masako Myowa Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Infancy - April 20, 2021 Category: Child Development Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
